Beloved,

I know our brothers and sisters in the military want us to
celebrate this day. Be in joy on this holiday yet be in gratitude
also for all they have done and are doing and especially OUR FREEDOM.
The biggest freedom is: THE FREEDOM TO BE YOU! Be who you are in
celebration of all those who came before us.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG,

OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ,

AND TO THE REPUBLIC,

FOR WHICH IT STANDS,

ONE NATION UNDER GOD,

INDIVISIBLE,

WITH LIBERTY

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!

I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.

A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.

I looked at him in uniform;
So young, so tall, so proud.
With hair cut square and eyes alert,
He’d stand out in any crowd.

I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil;
How many mothers’ tears?

How many pilots’ planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers’ graves?

NO, FREEDOM ISN’T FREE !

I heard the sound of Taps one
night,
When everything was still.
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.

I wondered just how many times
That Taps had meant ‘Amen.’
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.

I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.

I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea.
Of unmarked graves in Arlington .

NO FREEDOM ISN’T FREE

Enjoy Your Freedom
And
God Bless Our
Troops.

When you receive this,
Please stop
for a moment
And say a prayer for our servicemen.

Of all the
gifts you could give a U.S.
Soldier, prayer is the very best one.

THANK YOU ……..

Love and Light,

Mary Grace
www.IAmMaryGrace.com
www.TheWoundedChalice.com
http://www.waleson5.com/marygrace.html

PO Box 403
Wales, MA 01081, USA
413-245-3977